Screenland (Nov 1942-Apr 1943)

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James Cagney, above, is just one of many top-flight film stars making personal appearances for good will in aid of the war effort. World premiere of M-G-M film, held in Iceland, was a Hollywood salute to our troops, above. Scene below, from "We Refuse to Die," An Open Letter to the Movie -Makers XT IS about time someone wrote you a fan letter! Your stars, directors, writers, and cameramen have always received the awards — all the praise and the applause, the medals and the fan mail. Now you men behind the scenes should get a great, big hand. Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public may not know you by name; they probably visualize a solemn figure with a Monte Woolley beard, who bosses famous stars around — a mysterious Mr. Hollywood who turns out super-colossal movies as casually as a magician pulls rabbits out of a hat. Well, there's more to it than that. You movie-makers are contributing something to the war effort that no other industry can — inspiration as well as entertainment. Not only the stars on bond-selling personal appearances and camp tours — stars are only the symbol. It's the motion pictures, messengers of democracy, that girdle the globe and maintain morale. The first-run films, rushed to farflung battle fronts to cheer our men in the service. To them, movies mean the heartening link with home. For the rest of us, the splendid short subjects, released on a non-profit basis, such as "Private Smith of the U. S. A." and "We Refuse to Die," as well as the excellent shorts produced by the government through the Office of War Information and distributed by the industry. The theaters, playing their big part by promoting the sale of War Savings Stamps and Bonds, scrap drives, Red Cross and other campaigns. Hollywood, take a bow. It's a great job you're doing for Victory. 19